Brunelleschi

oh! Come on now mods! He and I were just about to have fun! What did you have to go and ban him for?! I am going to go and pout in the corner now!

MB-BOB

That's it. Insulting staff and members is not tolerated. You've been warned in PM repeatedly.

Take some time to think about your manners. Come back as another personna and your suspension will become permanent...

LOL! I see one of the other mods beat me to it.

Really? Well, we're not the one with the "Sort Sedan." Proof positive you've been typing before thinking since you joined here...

Air Marshall Eldritch

Well we need to have fun too.

Brunelleschi

He was about to play nice....

drexappeal

LOL...I just realized...I think he was talking about the thread he started on the Joystick concept MB steering wheel replacement that I moved to off topic forums:

https://mbworld.org/forums/off-topic/159028-new-mercedes-joystick.html

Not closed, just in a different part of MBWorld cuz it had no relation to the w203. Oh well...hahaha...guess some people are sensitive when they're not the center of attention? Who knows.

Brunelleschi

ahh...that makes a little more sense now

infected

Wow, the idea for sub-sections is brilliant!!
+1 for carrying that out
Majority of the Mods aren't all that big, bad, and mean. Just the odd few...
But it seems as though everyone's got the idea.

JDM

"then" refers to a time period, and "than" refers to an object. does that sound good? When I first came here the "search " feature didn't work for squattt..but with a little time, I figured it out. I didn't dare ask though cause I didn't wanna get beat up in front of eveyone... "stff you retard! hello!

drexappeal

But you did do the smart thing and you pm'd me a few times...

JDM

Thanks bro, and you've always been a help.

drexappeal

Of course. Hey, if I can contribute to frivelous spending on mods, it was well worth whatever information I could dish out!...LOL.

Sickwitit

That was a good one!

FIXEDupW209

Wow i didnt think my rant would blow up so much! I have cooled down a bit and as an older member of the forum i can tell you that i have too seen the way this forum has evolved and i am not too happy at the way it is progressing.

We should NOT tell people to STFF. It's that simple. Answer their question! I remember when i got my C class i asked a simple tint question and was told to STFF. The question involved different films and which ones affect the navigation system and also tint places in LA. All questions with answers that evolve over time. A good tint place a year ago might not be so good today. I am not going to search old threads that answer my question but might be false today.

It's simply being polite. Don't be rude to new members and tell them to search when in the same amount of time you took to tell them to search, you could have answered the question. Answering question will also encourage more partcipation. This forum will be DEAD if everyone searched since m ost topics have been beaten to death. I am being sarcastic when i say to close the w203 section down because there really is nothing new to talk about. Little changes here and there maybe but that's about it.

C230SportsCoupe

RBrenton,

Can we split this thread into a thread in the "comments" section of MBworld, since osme of the comments could equally be applied to all sections, not just the W203.

Drex,

Since you've been cleaning up a lot lately, would sub-forums help you organize threads?

Slim Pickens

Geezus Louizus, is this thread still going?

Sub forums for the W203, eh? Since when is the C-Class forum any more important than the 20+ other car specific forums? Who is going to make sub forums for all the others, as well? You guys don't want much, do you?

As for the idea itself... There already exist threads (and whole forums) dedicated to all these topics:

W203->DIY..........Done already, see W203 STICKY https://mbworld.org/forums/c-class-w203/108681-aftermarket-oem-modifications-diy-faq-s.html
W203->Performance/Technical..........Done already, see Performance Upgrades and Tuning Forum
W203->Appearance/Care..........Done already, see Detailing and Automotive Care Forum
W203->Gallery/Show'nShine/Pics..........Done already, see W203 STICKY Official C-Class Picture Thread

I have a C-Class, too, but this site really isn't "all about us!"

Sorry gang, the mods are showing patience by tolerating this silly thread. But mercy, enough is enough. Please close this so we can move on!

k_lundquist

I do agree multiple threads on the same subject really waters down the efficiency of the search feature.

I consider myself a fairly advanced computer user and I still have trouble finding what i'm looking for with this site's search feature.

But one thing is usually a gold mine in the nonsense threads. Members who take the time to link to other relevant threads!!

Thank you to those who take the time to link to the good threads or merge similar threads.

Brunelleschi

And thank YOU for the entertaining video in your signature!

C230SportsCoupe

Look at the thread counts of all the other sections, then look at the W203. I have also said this idea would be good for some of the other sections with high thread counts.

As for the stickies, I find them worthless other than for a list of mods, they don't get into the detail required and often don't have enough links to relevent info on the subjects in other threads.

The stickies are also annoying, they take up a lot of room at the start of the section.

This thread has been exploring ideas of why the W203 section sucks lately. Many long-time members have noted this section has gone downhill and are making suggestions to make it better. Forgive us for trying to suggest a better way.

BTW, I have a thread in the "tech talk section", look at how many responses it got due to how many W203 members actually read that forum, do a poll, I bet 95% of W203 members have never checke dout the tech sections here.

MB-BOB

There are 17,749 threads on this forum. Do you really think Drex is going to spend his volunteer time manually organizing them? I know I'm not, sorry.

I feel I've fallen on my sword for this forum in the past, and suggestions are always appreciated. But there is only so much we can practically do.

C320 UK

Me too!

As a newish member (I'm more frequent on a certain UK MB site) I've found there's a lot more information on this forum. Getting to it is a bit of an art.

I agree it can appear to be difficult to find information. I guess part of it comes down to how you do your search, it's a bit like how you search in google etc. There's a particular way to do it that people need to learn / understand.

I've found many of the members on here are very very helpful and have conversed with a few via PM. I find that more of you in the US carry out mods than back in the UK.

We had a similar discussion on our UK forum a while back. Ours is split into categoreis, bodywork, electrical, wheels & tyres (sorry tires) etc. We don't have a split by model type (W203, W211, W140 etc). Some people have suggested that it be split into model types but this has been resisted! Many members actually find that they can help or learn from each other regardless of the model. In fact in many cases there are similarities, e.g. W203 / W209, W220 / W/CL215 etc.

Keep up the good work!!!

Slim Pickens

You are entitled to your opinion, and I have offered mine. This is still (by far and away) the best forum for MB enthusiasts. If you really believe it "sucks," then I don't think you appreciate what you already have, warts and all. I see a few long-time members complaining, but not many.

Not surprising at all. I'm sure those bent on posting new threads rather than searching existing ones have no more patience for looking around the site for alternative info sources.

I think I've offered some options that satisfy the need for information, more pragmatic than suggesting restructuring the entire site just to benefit a few, who doubtless will find more to complain about even then.

Really, this circular debate is going nowhere.

C230SportsCoupe

I asked Drex, he has expressed a desire to clean this section up and I'd like his opinion.

Its not like all ~18K threads have to be organized. Do a few at a time when members notice them or when moderators are merging topics.

C230 Sport Coup

Is it me, or is every word in this thread, Blah?
I mean I'm looking at the page, and all I see is
'blah blah, blah blah blah, blah blah blah blah.....'
Oh yeh blah blah blah blah blah....
yawn...how boring. :

I feel like that dog in the far side cartoons....

Oh, and Death to newbies!
Yeh, lets just kill 'em.

C230SportsCoupe

I have seen the UK site and like it a lot, too bad for us on this side of the pond some of the threads are hard to read due to the slang.

C230SportsCoupe

Nice that you chose to throw insults than discuss, go join the clowns in OT if that's how you chose to post.

In this thread alone I see the overwhelming majority of people admitting the search functionality is terrible and suggesting ideas to fix it.

Debates only go nowhere when you close yourself off to change, since you're closed off, the debate is over for you, buh bye, maybe a few others accepting of change will continue it.

I find when I need technical information I head over to MBklasse.com due to how its structured its much easier to find. To those with a sproblem with the search function here, try that site, or the Mercedes UK sites (http://forums.mercedesclub.org.uk/ or http://mbclub.co.uk/forums/) and report back here if you like the format better and it helped with your search.